How many knives are in your collection?

yablanowitz said:
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That's maybe 10% of the total.
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That's what I'm talking about! LMAO

I never intended a "collection" -- but I see stuff and have no reason not to buy it. My cousin got me started, and his dad my uncle. My uncle Don had an 1860 US Heavy Calvalry Sabre -- which we searched for but didn't find when my cousin died. Cold Steel has a replica of this sabre and I got mine from the India company that makes them for Cold Steel. Unlike most of the replicas out in the market, this sabre has a quality steel blade and the grip is genuine leather.

Going through the collection last night, out of curiosity, I was gratified by what good taste I have in collectables! Several bayonets -- Mauser and Russian AK-47, Swiss . . . Uncle Don collected bayonets, and war trophies from WW II.
 
UpChUcK said:
I honestly don't know how many I have. I stopped keeping track long ago. I am not a collector per se, so I don't have my knives all in an organized location. ALL my knives get used. They are strewn about in various locations where I can access them. I have about 6 that I rotate for EDC though.

16 seems like a good number to have though if you are not a collector but rather a user. I think around 15-20 and you get to the point that you don't get good use out of each of the ones you have. More than that and you start becoming more of a true collector. Just my opinion though. I try to get rid of the ones that don't get used as I acquire newer models.
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I have a Kershaw SpeedSafe 1650 that I carry and use. The rest of the stuff, excluding the kitchen knives, are in original boxes. I look for prototype and discontinued items. I found a Camillus Pilot Survival Knife -- liquidation inventory -- at the PX just after Camillus went bankrupt. Also a Camillus slip-joint folder with USMC scales, a prototype for a contract never picked up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillus_Cutlery_Company

Then there are the cheapo keychain knives with handles that look like handguns . . . Some sort of lockback I found run over in a parking lot, walnut grips and "Rostfrei" (stainless) on the blade but no other ID marks. A small lock-back folder with bone grips made in Japan from back when Japan was making the imports rather than China, India, Pakistan.

Most of the stuff is medium quality production -- $50 to $200 range. But I have my eye on a Randall . . .
 
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